[tor-commits] [metrics-web/master] Clarify two Q's and A's on user number estimates.

[karsten at torproject.org]

commit c3be1afe77aea12a41a65b611d598186db245093
Author: Karsten Loesing <karsten.loesing at gmx.net>
Date:   Mon Feb 24 16:54:27 2014 +0100

    Clarify two Q's and A's on user number estimates.
    
    Suggested by infinity0 on #10712.  Thanks!
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 website/web/WEB-INF/users.jsp |    8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/website/web/WEB-INF/users.jsp b/website/web/WEB-INF/users.jsp
index ec9f200..556b2a1 100644
--- a/website/web/WEB-INF/users.jsp
+++ b/website/web/WEB-INF/users.jsp
@@ -272,14 +272,16 @@ A: We put in the assumption that the average client makes 10 such requests
 per day.  A tor client that is connected 24/7 makes about 15 requests per
 day, but not all clients are connected 24/7, so we picked the number 10
 for the average client.  We simply divide directory requests by 10 and
-consider the result as the number of users.
+consider the result as the number of users.  Another way of looking at it,
+is that we assume that each request represents a client that stays online
+for 2 hours and 24 minutes.
 </p>
 
 <p>
 Q: So, are these distinct users per day, average number of users connected
 over the day, or what?<br/>
-A: Average number of users connected over the day.  We can't say how many
-distinct users there are.
+A: Average number of concurrent users, estimated from data collected over
+a day.  We can't say how many distinct users there are.
 </p>
 
 <p>